Intertextuality is the term used to describe the visual referencing between films.
Many films quite literally "borrow" aspects from one another, wether it be parts of mise en scene, pieces of music (or any sound), editing techniques/methods, or camera angles, all of which are often recognisable by the audience.
One film that i looked at in detail as an example of intertextuality is Psycho and five other films that have borrowed aspects from it which are:
1. What Lies Beneath
2. Fatal Attraction
3. The Stepfather
4. Succubus (student thriller)
5. The Roommate
KEY ASPECTS BORROWED FROM PSYCHO.
The white bath and shower.
Person creeping up from behind to attack.
The stabbing.
The shower curtain being pulled down.
The toes of the dead person.
HOW INTERTEXTUALITY IS USED.
What Lies Beneath
As shown in the screenshot to the left, this film borrows the white bathroom and the running shower during a killing from Psycho.
Fatal Attraction
In this film, the white bath/bathroom are both used and consequitive stabbings take place like in Psycho.
The StepfatherThe aspects borrowed from Psycho in this film are the white bath, the stabbing and the curtain falling down.
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